AHB TV: Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Granola

Towards the beginning of my junior year of college, I decided to try baking my own granola. Between breakfasts, snacks, and pre-bedtime treats, I could easily polish off a store-bought box in just a few days!

I looked at a few recipes from my favorite cookbooks for inspiration, but when I walked into my kitchen, I set those aside and made up my own recipe as I went along. An hour later when I pulled the pan out of the oven, it felt like pure torture to wait for my granola to cool… And that batch barely lasted a week. It tasted even better than the store-bought ones!

Over the next few years, I continued to bake granola nearly ever week and experimented with different flavors, cereals, and mix-ins. Most of the time, my batches resulted in fairly crunchy clusters, although sometimes the clusters fell apart and other times they tasted a little chewy instead.

Then two years ago, my friend Phi shared her secret baking method with me for getting extra crunchy clusters in every batch of homemade granola. I immediately tried it and…

So today, I’m sharing that secret trick with you, along with this recipe for Healthy Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Granola! The granola recipe itself is really easy to make. It uses just 6 ingredients, and it almost tastes like you’re eating {crunchy} peanut butter cups for breakfast!

You can watch the episode below where I show you how to make this healthy peanut butter granola (along with that secret trick!) and get my recipe directly beneath the video. And remember to subscribe to my TV show here, so you’ll be the first to know when a new episode airs each week!

Comments

Definitely can’t beat homemade granola, or anything chocolate-peanut butter flavored. Love that this recipe uses egg whites and rice cereal, to eliminate the excessive, unnecessary ingredients found in a lot of store-bought granolas; and it’s sweet that the ingredient combination (with the peanut butter & honey) remind you of your brother. As for the ending: chocolate chips for the win 🙂

I’m wondering what happens if I just baked on a cookie sheet without the silicone liner because I don’t have one of those… or can I just use parchment paper? Thanks! This recipe looks delicious can’t wait to try it!
Patty

I truly appreciate your interest in my recipe Patty! If you click on my link and look at the recipe, you’ll actually find I already answered that particular question. 😉 I’d love to hear what you think if you try this granola!

Amy, I can’t wait until I get some brown crispy rice cereal. The only ingredient I’m missing. I love peanut butter anything and
your granola peanut butter looks great. I have not been able to find a good PB granola that like peanut butter.
Thanks much for the recipe.
Dave

YES!!! Wouldn’t that be amazing?? I rewatched all of the HP movies about three times in January while doing puzzles in the evenings… And with how chilly and overcast it’s been, I just might have to go through them a fourth time! 😉

I really appreciate your interest in my recipe Ilene! For the best results, I recommend using regular natural-style creamy peanut butter, rather than PB2. It doesn’t always behave the same in baking recipes, and I don’t want you to ruin your granola by using it! 🙂 I’d love to hear what you think if you try this granola!

Thank you so much for your kind words, Sue! If you look at the Notes section of the recipe directly underneath the Instructions, you’ll find that I’ve actually answered that Rice Krispies question already. It can be easy to miss! 😉 I can’t wait to hear what you think of this granola!

OMG AMY! Thank you SO much for the sweet shout out. I’m so happy you loved the tips I shared for granola, it’s one of my favorite things to make, and it makes me so happy that you love making granola too. Thanks again for the shout out, sending you lots of love.
Phi

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